#E6E166#E6E166

#E6E166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.144 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E166
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 55.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -13.85, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 61.20, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.0419 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.145 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9584, 71.6346, 23.1309)
Luminance	0.7163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E166 #666BE6

analogous

#E6A166 #E6E166 #ABE666

triadic

#E6E166 #66E6E1 #E166E6

tetradic

#E6E166 #66E6A1 #666BE6 #E666AB

square

#E6E166 #66E6A1 #666BE6 #E666AB

split-complementary

#E6E166 #66ABE6 #A166E6

monochromatic

#B4AE1D #DDD731 #E6E166 #EFEB9B #F7F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#E6E166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E166

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E166	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.144 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea96',
    500: '#e6e166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e166;
$custom-light: #f0ea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 71.91,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88997,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E166

secondary

#3C40B5

accent

#19D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E166

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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